In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across neighboring fields. Use memset_startat() to avoid confusing memset() about writing beyond the target struct member. Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 13587e771567..9ff8c31975cd 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -6691,9 +6691,7 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, cnt = PAGE_SIZE - 1; /* reset all but tr, trace, and overruns */ - memset(&iter->seq, 0, - sizeof(struct trace_iterator) - - offsetof(struct trace_iterator, seq)); + memset_startat(iter, 0, seq); cpumask_clear(iter->started); trace_seq_init(&iter->seq); iter->pos = -1; -- 2.30.2